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Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.　Aldous Huxley

What if at age 46 you were burned beyond recognition in a terrible motorcycle accident, and then four years later were paralyzed from the waist down in an airplane crash? Then, can you imagine yourself becoming a millionaire, a respected public speaker, a happy newlywed and a successful business person? Can you see yourself going white water rafting? Sky diving? Running for political office?

W. Mitchell has done all these things and more after two horrible accidents left his face a quilt of multicolored skin grafts, his hands fingerless and his legs thin and motionless in a wheelchair.

The 16 surgeries Mitchell endured after the motorcycle accident burned more than 65 percent of his body, left him unable to pick up a fork, dial a telephone or go to the bathroom without help. But Mitchell, a former Marine, never believed he was defeated. "I am in charge of my own spaceship," he said. "It's my up, my down. I could choose to see this situation as a setback or a starting point." Six moths later he was piloting a plane again.

Mitchell bought himself a Victorian home in Colorado, some real estate, a plane and a bar. Later he teamed up with two friends and co-founded a wood burning stove company that grew to be Vermont's second largest private employer.

Then four years after the motorcycle accident, the plane Mitchell was piloting crashed back onto the runway during takeoff, crushing Mitchell's 12 thoracic vertebras and permanently paralyzing him from the waist down. "I wondered what the hell was happening to me. What did I do to deserve this?"

Undaunted, Mitchell worked day and night to regain as much independence as possible. He was elected Mayor of Crested Butte, Colorado, to save the town from mineral mining that would ruin its beauty and environment. Mitchell later ran for Congress, turning his odd appearance into an asset with slogans such as, "Not just another pretty face."

Despite his initially shocking looks and physical challenges, Mitchell began white water rafting, he fell in love and married, earned a master's degree in public administration and continued flying, environmental activism and public speaking.

Mitchell's unshakable Positive Mental Attitude has earned him appearances on the "Today Show" and "Good Morning America" as well as feature articles in parade, Time, The New York Times and other publications.

"Before I was paralyzed, there were 10,000 I could do," Mitchell says. "Now there are 9,000. I can either dwell on the 1,000 I lost or focus on the 9,000 I have left. I tell people that I have had two big bumps in my life. If I have chosen not of the experiences you are having which are pulling you back can be put into a new perspective. You can step back, take a wider view and have a chance to say, "Maybe that isn't such a big deal after all."

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±　plus or minus　正负号

+　 plus　加号;正号

-　 minus　减号;负号

×　is multiplied by　乘号

÷　is divided by　除号

=　is equal to　等于号

≠　is not equal to　不等于号

≡　is equivalent to　全等于号

铡is equal to or approximately equal to　等于或约等于号

≈　is approximately equal to　约等于号

<　is less than　小于号

>　is more than　大于号

凇is not less than　不小于号

邸is not more than　不大于号

≤　is less than or equal to　小于或等于号

≥　is more than or equal to　大于或等于号

%　 per cent　百分之…

‰　per mill　千分之…

∞　infinity1　无限大号

°　degree　度

′　minute　分

″　second　秒

妗Celsius2 system　摄氏度

{　open brace3, open curly　左花括号

}　close brace, close curly　右花括号

(　open parenthesis4, open paren　左圆括号

)　close parenthesis, close paren　右圆括号

() brakets/ parentheses5　括号

[　open bracket 左方括号

]　close bracket 右方括号

[] square brackets　方括号

.　period, dot　句号，点

|　vertical6 bar, vertical virgule　竖线

&　ampersand, and, reference, ref　和，引用

/　slash8, divide, oblique9 斜线，斜杠，除号

//　slash-slash, comment 双斜线，注释符

#　pound　井号

∝　varies as　与…成比例

√　(square) root　平方根

摺since; because　因为

∴　hence　所以

恕equals, as (proportion)　等于，成比例

∠　angle　角

小semicircle　半圆

选circle　圆

稹circumference10　圆周

π　pi 圆周率

鳌triangle　三角形

⊥　perpendicular11 to　垂直于

∪　union of　并，合集

∩　intersection12 of 交，通集

∫　the integral of …的积分

∑　(sigma) summation13 of　总和

　backslash, sometimes escape　反斜线转义符，有时表示转义符或续行符

~　tilde　波浪符

.　full stop　句号

,　comma　逗号

:　colon14　冒号

;　semicolon　分号

?　question mark　问号

!　exclamation15 mark (英式英语) exclamation point (美式英语)

'　apostrophe　撇号

-　hyphen　连字号

-- dash 破折号

...　dots/ ellipsis　省略号

"　single quotation marks 单引号

""　double quotation marks 双引号

parallel 双线号

&　ampersand = and

swung dash 代字号

§　section; division 分节号

→　arrow 箭号;参见号